San Antonio Pride
Together in Pride. Together in Recovery
Dear DRA Members and Supporters,
We’re thrilled to share that DRA will have float in this year’s Pride Bigger Than Texas Parade, representing our recovery community with strength, visibility, and joy. If you’d like to be part of the fun behind the scenes, we’re looking for volunteers to help build and decorate the float in the days leading up to the event. It’s a great way to get involved and connect with others. We also need friendly faces to help staff our booth during the festival, sharing information about DRA and welcoming new folks into our community. If you’re interested in helping with the float or the booth, please reach out, we’d love to have you! Click on the purple bar above the event start date to register.
Thank you all for your continued patience and enthusiasm as we work with our partners at Pride San Antonio.
As a beneficiary organization, the Diversity Recovery Alliance is being asked to help fill some of the most high-need volunteer slots throughout the weekend. These roles are essential to ensuring a safe and successful event.
Here are the volunteer roles we’ve been asked to help with:
Saturday, June 28, 2025
- Festival Marshals
- Festival Lead Marshals
- Parade Marshals
Sunday, June 29, 2025
- Festival Tear Down (9AM–1PM)
To sign up and register with "(Last Name)-DRA", please visit the Pride SA volunteer page
Volunteer
Why This Matters
Recovery is hard enough without having to explain who you are first. Too many LGBTQIA+ people in recovery have walked into a meeting and felt like they had to leave part of themselves at the door, or have left recovery altogether because no room felt safe.
The DRA Center is a safe place for LGBTQIA+ recovery. We are open every day, and we welcome every path to recovery (12-step fellowships, Dharma Recovery, SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, and more). We ask nothing of you except that you show up. Since opening in April 2025 we have grown fast, and every meeting, coffee pot, and light bulb here is paid for by people like you.
What Your Gift Does
- $50/month keeps the coffee, creamer, and sugar stocked, every month, all year.
- $100/month keep our library a literature stocked for anyone that needs it.
- $250/month covers the water, the printer ink, the toilet paper, and other supplies we regularly have to replenish.
- $500/month literally keeps the lights on. Pays our monthly electric bill.
Giving once? Every one-time gift counts toward our $5,500 goal and may be boosted by sponsor-funded matches and prizes on Big Give day. All gifts are tax-deductible; DRA is a 501(c)(3).
Every little bit helps: if just 20 people become monthly donors at $25 during Big Give, we don't have to worry about keeping the lights on, or the a/c running.
Become a Sustaining Donor
You don't have to be in recovery, and you don't have to live in San Antonio. If you believe queer people deserve a place to heal, as little as $25 a month keeps that place open every day. Just check "make this monthly" when you give.
The Big Gay Give
DRA is also in The Big Gay Give, a fundraising competition where local drag queens go head-to-head for their nonprofits. Isis Paris York is representing us. Every dollar raised on her page keeps the DRA Center open, and the queen who raises the most is crowned Queen of the Big Gay Give. Catch Isis on stage September 23 and 24, and give before 6 PM on the 24th.
Key Dates
- Wednesday, September 16: Early giving opens.
- Wednesday, September 23, 6:00 PM: The Big Give officially begins.
- September 23 & 24: The Big Gay Give drag shows.
- Thursday, September 24, 6:00 PM: The Big Give ends.
Can't give right now?
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